Croft Woods Handicap Race 4
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CROFT WOODS HANDICAP – RACE 4
The evening of the warmest day of the year so far accompanied by unaccustomed sunshine to make conditions difficult for the first of the Croft woods section of the 2012 Handicap Series. Richard, battling to regain some speed into his legs after his ultra adventure fought his way down the finishing straight to cross the line first, just holding off the fast closing Rob (making an impressive debut over the course) and he, in turn, kept at bay the sprint finish of Nigel who is fast regaining his form.
Sam continued her sequence of setting P.B.s in every event she competes in, whilst there were notable debut performances from Irina and Ruth who entered the female all-time listings for the course in 9th and 10th places respectively. Ed recorded a fast debut but was slightly upstaged by a flying Jordan who entered the male rankings at 14=.
Star performance of the evening, however, came from the fleet footed Suzanne who sliced nearly one and a half minutes from her previous best to go to no. 2 in the all-time female rankings.
RUNNER – TIME
1 Richard Hornsby 25.36
2 Rob Jones 24.16 Debut
3 Nigel Mason 23.26
4 Ruth Stafford 29.12 Debut
5 Glyn Williams 23.59
6 Simon Norwood 22.49
7 Jon Briggs 26.45 Debut
8 Gavin Wright 23.58
9 Tom Davies 29.25
10 Guy Whitmarsh 28.39
11 Sue Davies 26.51
12 Sam Harper 31.04 P.B. By 16 secs.
13 Patrick Pearson 25.54
14 Neil Taylor 27.45
15 Irina Dale 29.11 Debut
16 Gary Gunner 29.08
17 Bryan Markham 37.17
Mick Ligema 25.06
Ed Henry 24.01 Debut
Jordan McQueen 23.17 Debut
Suzanne Turvey 24.29 P.B. By I min. 27 secs.